I Know a Ghost

{{short description|2018 studio album by Crowder}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = I Know a Ghost | type = studio | artist = [[Crowder (musician)|Crowder]] | cover = I Know a Ghost - Crowder.jpg | border = yes | alt = I Know a Ghost Album Cover | released = {{Start date|2018|11|9}} | recorded = 2018 | studio = * [[Tommee Profitt|Tommee Profitt Studios]] and [[Ed Cash|Ed's]] (Franklin, Tennessee) * Bentley Street Studios and Yoda's Palace Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | genre = * [[Contemporary Christian music]] * [[Contemporary worship music|contemporary worship]] * [[Christian hip hop|hip hop]] * [[Christian country music|country]] | length = 61:15 | label = * [[Sixsteps]] * [[Sparrow Records|Sparrow]] | producer = * David Crowder * [[Tommee Profitt]] * [[Ed Cash]] * [[Solomon Olds]] * Brendon Coe * Hank Bentley | prev_title = [[American Prodigal]] | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = [[Milk & Honey (Crowder album)|Milk & Honey]] | next_year = 2021 | misc = {{Singles | name = I Know a Ghost | type = studio | single1 = [[Red Letters (song)|Red Letters]] | single1date = {{Start date|2018|9|19}} | single2 = [[Wildfire (Crowder song)|Wildfire]] | single2date = {{Start date|2018|9|19}} | single3 = [[Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)]] | single3date = {{Start date|2019|5|31}} | single4 = [[I'm Leaning on You]] | single4date = {{Start date|2020|2|14}} | single5 = [[Night Like This (Crowder song)|Night Like This]] | single5date = {{Start date|2020|5|15}} }} }}

'''''I Know a Ghost''''' is the third studio album by American [[Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian]] musician [[Crowder (musician)|Crowder]]. The album was released on November 9, 2018, via [[Sixsteps]] and [[Sparrow Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/crowder-announces-release-of-new-album-i-know-a-ghost/ |title= Crowder 'I Know A Ghost' Album Review {{!}} CCM Magazine |last= Cluver |first= Ross |date= November 9, 2018 |website= [[CCM Magazine]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> The album features guest appearances by TAYA, [[Mandisa]], [[Riley Clemmons]], JR, and [[Social Club Misfits]]. Crowder collaborated with [[Tommee Profitt]], [[Ed Cash]], Solomon Olds, Brendon Coe, and Hank Bentley in the production of the album.

The album was supported by the release of five singles: "[[Red Letters (song)|Red Letters]]", "[[Wildfire (Crowder song)|Wildfire]]", "[[Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)]]", "[[I'm Leaning on You]]" and "[[Night Like This (Crowder song)|Night Like This]]".

''I Know a Ghost'' was released to critical acclaim, and also became a commercially successful album upon its release, debuting at No. 2 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Top Christian Albums Chart]] in the United States. ''I Know a Ghost'' was nominated for the [[GMA Dove Award]] [[Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year|Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year]] at the [[50th GMA Dove Awards|2019 GMA Dove Awards]], and the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album|Best Contemporary Christian Music Album]] at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|2020 Grammy Awards]].

==Background== In September 2018, Crowder announced that his studio album ''I Know a Ghost'', set to be the follow-up to ''[[American Prodigal]]'' (2016), was slated for release on November 9, 2018, with the issuing of singles "Red Letters" and "Wildfire" in the lead-up to the album's release.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thechristianbeat.org/crowder-surprises-fans-with-new-music-from-upcoming-album/ |title= Crowder Surprises Fans With New Music From Upcoming Album - TCB |last= Longs |first= Herb |date= September 20, 2018 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> Crowder attributed his influences in making the music on the album to the [[Southern hip hop]] scene in [[Atlanta]], as well as books such as ''[[Slave Songs of the United States]]'', ''[[African American Heritage Hymnal]]'' and others.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/crowder-reveals-the-inspiration-behind-i-know-a-ghost/ |title= Crowder Reveals the Inspiration Behind 'I Know A Ghost' {{!}} CCM Magazine |last= Conner |first= Matt |date= December 24, 2018 |website= [[CCM Magazine]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

==Music and lyrics== According to Timothy Monger of [[AllMusic]], the sound of the album as ranges from "porch-stomping [[folk music|folk]] and [[Country music|country]] to [[electronica]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], and more straightforward [[Contemporary worship music|worship pop]]."<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-know-a-ghost-mw0003230890 |title= I Know a Ghost - Crowder {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |last= Monger |first= Timothy |website= [[AllMusic]] |publisher= [[All Media Network]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> Jonathan Andre of 365 Days of Inspiring Media referred to the album as "worship/country/[[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] project."<ref name="365 Review" /> John Barber of ''[[CCM Magazine]]'' called the album a "[[Southern rock|South-ern rock]] record."<ref name="CCM Review" /> Michael Weaver of Jesus Freak Hideout observed that while "''I Know a Ghost'' has some of that same [[swamp rock]] sound," it's "overwhelming musical theme here is hip-hop."<ref name="JFH Review" /> Timothy Yap of JubileeCast said of the album: "This record is a melting pot of an array of diverse sounds from [[nu-folk]], [[rock music|rock]], African native chants, country, [[Electronic dance music|EDM]], bluegrass and pop," describing the sounds as a mixture of [[Rend Collective]], [[Stryper]], and [[Chris Tomlin]].<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> Kelly Meade of Today's Christian Entertainment noted the "diverse blend of genres ranging from [[Gospel music|gospel]], to rock, to country to rap and everything in between."<ref name="TCE Review" />

"I Know a Ghost" is the first track on the album,<ref name="CCM Review" /> a "stirring 2 minute guitar led opener," where Crowder is "wrestling with the notion that he still stuffs up and still makes mistakes, and still does the pig headed things he does even if he does know 'a ghost' aka Jesus Christ."<ref name="365 Review" /> This is followed by "Wildfire" which has a swamp rock sound,<ref name="JFH Review" /> that is "complete with a chorus of crickets, frogs & other creatures interspersed throughout the track,"<ref name="TCE Review" /> as Crowder "relays to us the notion that wildfire from Jesus set us free from sin."<ref name="365 Review" /> "Golgotha Hill (King of Love)" is "an acoustic guitar led slow ballad,"<ref name="365 Review" /> with "a little of that hip-hop feel,"<ref name="JFH Review" /> which narrates "a graphic depiction of Jesus being whipped and tortured on the way to the cross."<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> "Crushing Snakes" has a "trap-like beat" while the singers conjure up "images of warriors ready for battle as we face the world with God on our side knowing He has the ultimate victory in the end."<ref name="TCE Review" /> "Red Letters" is a "typical Crowder radio song,"<ref name="JFH Review" /> which speaks of "Christ's salvific work."<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> "Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)" has "a 70s-[[Soul music|soul]] feel updated with a current [[R&B]] soul,"<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> with the singers highlighting "the importance of keeping the Lord at the center of everything in your life."<ref name="TCE Review" /> "Everyday I'm Blessed" is "gospel infused with a hymn like structure."<ref name="365 Review" /> "I'm Leaning on You" is an "R&B flavored" track.<ref name="JFH Review" /> "No Rival" is an "electronic prominent guitar led mid-tempo ballad,"<ref name="365 Review" /> which "has reverberations of native African chants with the call and response from Crowder and a choir of male voices."<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> "Child of God" has "banjo-plucking, foot-stomping strains" of Southern music.<ref name="CCM Review" /> "Happy Day" is a "frenetic banjo led" song.<ref name="JFH Review" /> "Night Like This" is a "full-on country" track,<ref name="365 Review" /> with a campfire singalong feel reminiscent of [[Rend Collective]].<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> "La Luz" is a "part southern, part hip-hop, and part [[Latin music|Latin]]" song.<ref name="JFH Review" /> "The Sinner's Cure" is a song that "runs the gamut from piano balladry to heavy rock to EDM,"<ref name="JubileeCast Review" /> which "prompts your heart to ponder the big questions in life that we all can struggle with at times as you come to God in prayer."<ref name="TCE Review" /> "Hundred Miles" is a worship song,<ref name="JFH Review" /> about "giving thanks for God's merciful love that will never fail us."<ref name="TCE Review" /> "Ghost" is the closing track on the album,<ref name="CCM Review" /> that is infused with "country/southern gospel/jazz/pop/rock/worship,"<ref name="365 Review" /> and is "an ode to the power of the Holy Spirit."<ref name="JubileeCast Review" />

==Release and promotion== ===Singles=== On September 19, 2018, Crowder released "[[Red Letters (song)|Red Letters]]" and "[[Wildfire (Crowder song)|Wildfire]]" as the first two singles from the album.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/product.php?id=3987 |title= Louder Than The Music - Crowder - Red Letters / Wildfire |date= September 19, 2018 |website= Louder Than The Music |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> The music video for "Red Letters" was released on October 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thechristianbeat.org/crowder-red-letters-music-video/ |title= Crowder "Red Letters" Music Video - TCB |last= Clarks |first= Jessie |date= October 30, 2018 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> The music video for "Wildfire" was released on March 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thechristianbeat.org/crowder-releases-wild-fire-music-video/ |title= Crowder Releases "Wild Fire" Music Video - TCB |last= Longs |first= Herb |date= March 13, 2019 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

On May 31, 2019, "[[Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)]]" featuring [[Mandisa]] was released to [[Christian radio]] in the United States, as the third single from the album.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=8085 |title= Louder Than The Music - Crowder Releases New Music Video For 'Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)' Feat. Mandisa |date= June 8, 2019 |website= Louder Than The Music |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> The music video for "Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)" was released on June 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thechristianbeat.org/crowder-releases-new-music-video-for-gospel-infused-single-let-it-rain-is-there-anybody-feat-mandisa/ |title= Crowder Releases Music Video For "Let It Rain" Feat. Mandisa - TCB |last= Clarks |first= Jessie |date= June 7, 2019 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

On February 14, 2020, Crowder released "[[I'm Leaning on You]]" featuring [[Riley Clemmons]] as the fourth single from the album.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/product.php?id=4894 |title= Louder Than The Music - Crowder - I'm Leaning On You |date= February 14, 2020 |website= Louder Than The Music |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

On May 15, 2020, Crowder released "[[Night Like This (Crowder song)|Night Like This]]" as the fifth and final single from the album.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thechristianbeat.org/david-crowder-night-like-this-mixes-released/ |title= Crowder "Night Like This" Mixes Released - TCB |last= Clarks |first= Jessie |date= May 15, 2020 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

===Promotional singles=== On November 2, 2018, Crowder released "[[Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)]]" featuring [[Mandisa]] as a promotional single, concurrently launching the album's pre-order.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2018/11/02.CrowderReleasesMusicVideoForRedLetters.asp |title= JFH News: Crowder Releases Music Video For "Red Letters" |date= November 2, 2018 |website= Jesusfreakhideout.com |publisher= Jesus Freak Hideout |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/crowder-red-letters/ |title= Crowder Releases Video of New Song 'Red Letters' {{!}} CCM Magazine |last= Cluver |first= Ross |date= November 5, 2018 |website= [[CCM Magazine]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

==Reception== ===Critical response=== {{Music ratings | rev1 = 365 Days of Inspiring Media | rev1Score = 4.5/5<ref name="365 Review">{{cite web |url= https://www.365daysofinspiringmedia.com/reviews/crowder-i-know-a-ghost/ |title= Crowder – I Know A Ghost {{!}} 365 Days of Inspiring Media |last= Andre |first= Joshua |date= November 16, 2018 |website= 365 Days of Inspiring Media |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

| rev2 = ''[[CCM Magazine]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="CCM Review">{{cite web |url= https://www.ccmmagazine.com/reviews/crowder-i-know-a-ghost-album-review/ |title= Crowder 'I Know A Ghost' Album Review {{!}} CCM Magazine |last= Barber |first= John |date= November 9, 2018 |website= [[CCM Magazine]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

| rev3 = ''ChurchMag'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="ChurchMag Review">{{cite web |url= https://churchm.ag/i-know-a-ghost-by-crowder/ |title= 'I Know a Ghost' by Crowder [Saturday Morning Review] - ChurchMag |last= Schneider |first= Phil |date= November 10, 2018 |website= ChurchMag |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

| rev4 = Jesus Freak Hideout | rev4Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="JFH Review">{{cite web |url= https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/IKnowaGhost.asp |title= Jesusfreakhideout.com: Crowder, "I Know A Ghost" Review |last= Weaver |first= Michael |date= November 9, 2018 |website= Jesusfreakhideout.com |publisher= Jesus Freak Hideout |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

| rev5 = JubileeCast | rev5Score = 3/5<ref name="JubileeCast Review">{{cite web |url= https://jubileecast.com/articles/20362/20181105/crowder-i-know-a-ghost-album-review.htm |title= Crowder "I Know a Ghost" Album Review : Exclusives : JubileeCast |last= Yap |first= Timothy |date= November 5, 2018 |website= JubileeCast |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

| rev6 = Today's Christian Entertainment | rev6Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="TCE Review">{{cite web |url= https://todayschristianent.com/crowder-i-know-a-ghost/ |title= Crowder 'I Know A Ghost' – Today's Christian Entertainment |last= Meade |first= Kelly |date= November 4, 2018 |website= Today's Christian Entertainment |publisher= Avada |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> }}

Jonathan Andre in his 365 Days of Inspiring Media review opined that despite the length of ''I Know a Ghost'', he enjoyed the album, although some tracks would be better suited on a deluxe edition or digital only release.<ref name="365 Review" /> ''[[CCM Magazine|CCM Magazine's]]'' John Barber gave a favourable review of the album, saying, "''I Know a Ghost'' is a powerful collection of Crowder at his very best, pulling from varied styles to make a record that feels the haunting of the Holy Spirit all over it."<ref name="CCM Review" /> Phil Schneider, reviewing for ''ChurchMag'', applauding Crowder for the album, saying "Crowder continues not to reinvent himself but to expand himself and his artistry."<ref name="ChurchMag Review" /> Kelly Meade indicated her praise in a review at Today's Christian Entertainment, commending Crowder for his eclectic approach to music, saying "''I Know A Ghost'' offers all of this and more as it takes you from celebrating the joys of life to deeply reflective moments that urge you to pause and focus on your relationship with your Savior and time spent with Him."<ref name="TCE Review" />

Jesus Freak Hideout's Michael Weaver says in his lacklustre review: "Crowder has never really played by all of the rules, but has always been accepted and cherished regardless. His creativity is off the charts, but I Know a Ghost is a mixed bag of solid swings and some clear misses."<ref name="JFH Review" /> Timothy Yap of JubileeCast wrote in his review of the album: "In short, top marks go to Crowder for colouring outside the lines. But if you are looking for a worship album to listen to again and again with tunes made for the church, not sure this is the one."<ref name="JubileeCast Review" />

===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Awards |- ! Year ! Organization ! Award ! Result ! Ref. |- ! scope="row" | 2019 | [[50th GMA Dove Awards|GMA Dove Awards]] | [[Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year|Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year]] | {{Nominated}} | <ref>{{cite web |url= http://doveawards.com/awards/2019-nominees/ |title= 2019 Nominees {{!}} The 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards |date= August 14, 2019 |website= [[GMA Dove Awards]] |access-date= June 12, 2021 |archive-date= August 18, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190818130750/https://doveawards.com/awards/2019-nominees/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] | [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album|Best Contemporary Christian Music Album]] | {{Nominated}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.grammy.com/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list |title= 2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |date= November 18, 2019 |website= [[Grammy Award]] |publisher= National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> |- |}

==Commercial performance== In the United States, ''I Know a Ghost'' earned 15,000 equivalent album units in its first week of sales, and as a result debuted at No. 2 on the [[Top Christian Albums Chart]] dated November 24, 2018.<ref name="Billboard article">{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/crowder-interview-solo-success-let-it-rain-8513949/ |title= Crowder Interview: Singer-Songwriter Talks Solo Success & the 'Trajectory of Tastes' on His Latest Album {{!}} Billboard |last= Asker |first= Jim |date= May 31, 2019 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> The album concurrently registered on the mainstream [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart at No. 43.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-11-24 |title= Billboard 200 Chart {{!}} Billboard |date= November 20, 2018 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = ''I Know a Ghost''<ref name="Amazon" /> | extra_column = Producer(s)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://listen.tidal.com/album/98208585/credits |title= Credits / I Know a Ghost / Crowder – TIDAL |date= November 9, 2018 |website= [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> | total_length = 61:15

| title1 = I Know a Ghost | note1 = | writer1 = David Crowder | extra1 = {{hlist| David Crowder | [[Tommee Profitt]]}} | length1 = 2:50

| title2 = [[Wildfire (Crowder song)|Wildfire]] | note2 = | writer2 = {{hlist| Crowder | Rebecca Lauren Olds | [[Solomon Olds]]}} | extra2 = Tommee Profitt | length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Golgotha Hill (King of Love) | note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist| Crowder | [[Ed Cash]] | Profitt}} | extra3 = {{hlist| Ed Cash | Tommee Profitt}} | length3 = 4:47

| title4 = Crushing Snakes | note4 = featuring [[Hillsong United|TAYA]] | writer4 = {{hlist| Coal Dye | Crowder | E. Cash | [[We the Kingdom|Martin Cash]]}} | extra4 = Ed Cash | length4 = 5:01

| title5 = [[Red Letters (song)|Red Letters]] | note5 = | writer5 = {{hlist| Crowder | E. Cash}} | extra5 = {{hlist| Ed Cash | Tommee Profitt}} | length5 = 3:48

| title6 = [[Let It Rain (Is There Anybody)]] | note6 = featuring [[Mandisa]] | writer6 = {{hlist| Crowder | E. Cash}} | extra6 = Ed Cash | length6 = 3:29

| title7 = Everyday I'm Blessed | note7 = | writer7 = {{hlist| Crowder | S. Olds}} | extra7 = Solomon Olds | length7 = 3:20

| title8 = [[I'm Leaning on You]] | note8 = featuring [[Riley Clemmons]] | writer8 = {{hlist| [[Brenton Brown]] | [[Chris McClarney]] | Crowder | Hank Bentley}} | extra8 = Tommee Profitt | length8 = 3:34

| title9 = No Rival | note9 = featuring JR | writer9 = {{hlist| Chad Mattson | Crowder | Bentley | JR Collins | Jonathan Lowry}} | extra9 = Tommee Profitt | length9 = 4:26

| title10 = Child of God | note10 = | writer10 = {{hlist| Crowder | E. Cash | S. Olds}} | extra10 = {{hlist| David Crowder | Ed Cash | Solomon Olds}} | length10 = 2:47

| title11 = Happy Day | note11 = | writer11 = {{hlist| Crowder | E. Cash | S. Olds}} | extra11 = Ed Cash | length11 = 2:14

| title13 = La Luz | note13 = featuring [[Social Club Misfits]] | writer13 = {{hlist| Brendon Coe | Crowder | E. Cash | Fernando Miranda | Martin Santiago}} | extra13 = {{hlist| Brendon Coe | Ed Cash}} | length13 = 4:19

| title15 = Hundred Miles | note15 = | writer15 = {{hlist| Brian Macdonald | Judah Akers | Nathan Zuercher}} | extra15 = Hank Bentley | length15 = 5:21

| title16 = Ghost | note16 = | writer16 = {{hlist| Crowder | E. Cash}} | extra16 = {{hlist| David Crowder | Ed Cash}} | length16 = 4:39

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== Personnel == * David Crowder – vocals, acoustic guitar (1), all instruments (1), all programming (1), backing vocals (8, 9, 14), additional programming (15) * [[Tommee Profitt]] – all instruments (1, 8, 14), all programming (1, 8, 14), programming (3, 5) * [[Solomon Olds]] – [[Electric organ|organ]] (2, 7), [[clavinet]] (2), programming (2, 7, 10, 12), acoustic guitar (2, 7, 12), [[banjo]] (2, 7, 12), bass (2, 7, 10, 12), drums (2, 7, 10, 12), [[harmonica]] (2), arrangements (2, 7), acoustic piano (7), [[pedal steel guitar]] (12) * [[Ed Cash]] – additional programming (3–6, 10, 13), guitars (3–6, 10, 11, 13), backing vocals (3–6, 10, 11, 13), banjo (10, 11, 13), programming (11), [[mandolin]] (11) * [[We the Kingdom|Martin Cash]] – keyboards (4), programming (4), backing vocals (4) * Jeremy Lutito – programming (4) * Brendon Coe – programming (6, 13) * Kevin Rooney – additional programming (15), percussion (15) * Kenny Hutson – [[lap steel guitar]] (2), mandolin (2, 12, 15), banjo (15) * Jacob Arnold – drums (15), percussion (15) * [[Aubrey Haynie]] – [[fiddle]] (3, 5, 10, 11), mandolin (10) * Laura Musten Sink – violin (12) * [[We the Kingdom|Franni Cash]] – backing vocals (3, 6) * [[Hillsong United|TAYA]] – vocals (4) * [[Mandisa]] – vocals (6) * [[Riley Clemmons]] – backing vocals (8) * Hank Bentley – backing vocals (8, 9, 15), guitars (9, 15), acoustic piano (15), keyboards (15), [[Hammond B3 organ]] (15), programming (15), lap steel guitar (15), [[resonator guitar]] (15), [[bouzouki]] (15) * JR – rap (9), backing vocals (14) * [[Social Club Misfits]] – rap (13) * Colton Price – backing vocals (15)

== Production == * [[Louie Giglio]] – executive producer * Shelley Giglio – executive producer, art direction, management * Brad O'Donnell – executive producer * Jonathan Sell – additional A&R direction * Michael Guy Chislett – additional vocal production (4) * Tommee Profitt – mixing (1, 8, 9, 14) * Solomon Olds – engineer (2, 7, 12), mixing (2, 7, 12) * David Crowder – vocal engineer (2, 7, 12) * Sean Moffitt – mixing (3–6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16) * Jacob Arnold – engineer (15) * Hank Bentley – engineer (15) * Kevin Rooney – engineer (15), editing (15) * Warren David – mix assistant (3–6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16) * Daniel Mikesell – mix assistant (3–6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16) * Christian Pascal – additional engineer (12) * Colton Price – editing (15) * Joe LaPorta – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Leighton Ching – art direction, design * Toni Crowder – art direction * Josh Keyes – cover painting * Eric Brown – photography * Tyler Hays – type treatment * Mike McCloskey – management

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''I Know a Ghost'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|43|artist=Crowder|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardChristian|2|artist=Crowder|rowheader=true|access-date=June 12, 2021}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''I Know a Ghost'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Christian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/christian-albums |title= Top Christian Albums – Year-End |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Christian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/christian-albums |title= Top Christian Albums – Year-End |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> | 48 |} {{col-end}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history and formats for ''I Know a Ghost'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label(s) ! scope="col"| Ref. |- ! scope="row"| Various | November 9, 2018 | {{hlist| [[CD]] | [[Music download|Digital download]] | [[Streaming media|streaming]]}} | {{hlist| [[Sixsteps]] | [[Sparrow Records]]}} | <ref name="Amazon">{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/I-Know-Ghost-Crowder/dp/B07HKTD1RN |title= I Know A Ghost by Crowder on Amazon Music - Amazon.com |date= November 9, 2018 |website= [[Amazon.com]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Apple Music">{{cite web |url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-know-a-ghost/1437027593 |title= I Know a Ghost by Crowder on Apple Music |date= November 9, 2018 |website= [[Apple Music]] |version= United States |publisher= [[Apple Inc.]] |access-date= June 12, 2021}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{URL| praisecharts.com/albums/details/10121/i-know-a-ghost | Lyrics and sheet music for the album on PraiseCharts}}

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